Not all isekai protagonists get to be reincarnated as heroines, as some find themselves as a villainess who is destined to be ...

Since the 1980s, female otaku have turned Otome Road into a space where they can freely and proudly flaunt the fandom of their choice. Blurring the Difference Between Pretend and the Real World.

In Japan, the word "otaku" can be dicey. Some think the moniker carries a lot of baggage and evokes negative, even frightening, imagery. Others don't care and proudly call themselves "otaku".

While otaku tend to be anti-social sorts, their female counterparts actually like to spend time together, often on Otome Road in Tokyo’s lively Ikebukuro district, where manga stores cater to otome.

These women are known as otome (their male counterparts are called otaku), which roughly means “maidens,” and their tastes run to the medieval fantasies found in their favorite manga, which ...

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Unlike their gauche male counterparts, female otaku like to socialise in online communities. Dubbed otome, or maidens, they gather on Otome Road in the bustling Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, a ...